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annexion arch.|əˈnɛkʃən|
Also 7 adnexion, annection.
[ad. L. annexiōn-em, n. of action f. annex- ppl. stem of annect-ĕre: see annex v.]
1. The action of annexing; = annexation 1.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. v. 216 To seeke the annexion thereof to his owne Kingdome. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. iii. 69 The annection of several Provinces. 1667H. More Div. Dial. v. x. (1713) 434 This signifies the adnexion of..Periods of Times to the Ministry of the Angelical Hosts. 1807W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. V. 169 The use of the word annexion [by J. Gordon 1801], where annexation would be written by the slaves of usage..is unquestionably right.
†2. That which is annexed, attached, or appended; an addition, adjunct. Obs.
c1600? Shakes. Lover's Compl. 208 These talents of their hair..With the annexions of fair gems enrich'd. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. 418 Which traditions the Pharisees did not recommend as commentaries only..but as necessary annexions unto the Law. 1748A. Hill in Mrs. Barbauld Richardson (1804) I. 129 Every thing [is] unsimple that has foreign and unnatural annexions. |